Chapter 118: Mature and Steady Second Cousin

If she had known earlier, she should have found Miss Zhao earlier. Maybe she would have become a concubine by now, and she wouldn't have suffered such a disaster...

A line of tears slid down from the corner of Huazhi's eyes, soaking her clothes on her chest.

Su Yujin and Ai Cao went all the way back to the backyard of the government office and to their own room.

After working for most of the day, Su Yujin was exhausted and her face was full of fatigue.

Ai Cao ordered the small kitchen to prepare dinner, and asked Qingkui to prepare some snacks, while she first made a bowl of red date ginger tea for Su Yujin.

Su Yujin was so nervous while busy that she sweated profusely, and even her inner clothes were mostly wet. It was spring time and the weather was still chilly, so it was easy to catch a cold when she was sweating like that.

Drinking some ginger tea can also remove the chill caused by sweating.

After Su Yujin took the teacup, Ai Cao knelt on the ground and said, "It was because of my negligence that the young lady suffered such a great injustice today."

Although Ai Cao arrived at Penglai Inn after getting some herbs from the herbal medicine shop, she saw Su Yujin busy helping Wang to induce labor, but she still learned from the servants around Wang that Su Yujin was suspected and bullied when she first arrived at the inn.

And the girl suffered such an injustice because she slipped and caused trouble.

If she had been more careful at the time, this wouldn't have happened...

Ai Cao was extremely regretful at this time.

Su Yujin was initially shocked by Ai Cao's kneeling, but after hearing these words, she reached out and helped her up, "You didn't mean it, don't take it so seriously."

"If I had been more careful..."

It will not be so.

"Everything depends on God's will."

Su Yujin smiled and said, "There is a will of heaven. Maybe it is God's will to keep Madam Qin and her child safe today, so he let you get into trouble and let me go and treat you."

Although I was busy and tired today and even suffered some grievances, the reward was very generous.

One hundred taels of silver and a box of round, high-quality pearls were much more than what he could earn from a busy day at his own business.

Super satisfying! "I'm really hungry, and I want to eat hot dry noodles. You roll the noodles the best and chewiest. Let's make some tonight."

Seeing that Su Yujin wanted to eat hot dry noodles, Ai Cao immediately perked up, "I'll go right away."

After walking two steps, she turned back and said, "Miss, would you like some pocket steamed buns to eat? When I went to the kitchen just now, I saw that they were making leavened dough and got some kelp. They said it would be delicious when mixed with cold dishes. It can be mixed with shredded carrots and potatoes."

"Okay, just do it." Su Yujin responded with a smile.

While Ai Cao was busy, Su Yujin took the opportunity to lean on the couch and rest for a while.

Originally, she planned to close her eyes and rest, but because she was tired and the bed was so soft and comfortable, Su Yujin fell asleep without realizing it.

When she woke up, it was already more than half an hour later and candles were already lit in the room.

Su Yujin rubbed his eyes and stretched, "Aicao, bring me a bowl of tea."

After sleeping for a while, I felt very thirsty.

But after waiting for a while, no one came.

"Mugwort?" Su Yujin yawned and put on her coat.

"Aicao went to the kitchenette to cook noodles. What kind of tea would you like, hot or warm?"

The voice was deep and magnetic, it was He Yanxiu's voice.

Su Yujin was startled, and all the sleepiness in her body disappeared. She quickly tied her belt and put on her shoes, then walked out of the inner room. She saw He Yanxiu sitting at the table in the outer room.

"The Second Master is back."

"Yeah." He Yanxiu looked tired and his voice was a little hoarse. "The affairs in the mountains have been sorted out a lot. I can relax for a few days."

No need to watch it every day.

"Second Master, you haven't had dinner yet, right? What do you want to eat tonight? I'll make it for you."

Cooking is like getting money from the second master, so be positive! "The hot dry noodles that Ai Cao and the others made just now looked good to me, so I ate a bowl first. Now they are going to cook again, and I guess they will be back in a while." He Yanxiu said, "Just eat this."

"What did you do today? You look so tired."

Even though Su Yujin had slept for a while, her eyes seemed full of sleepiness, as if she couldn't get rid of it.

"I went to see a patient..." Su Yujin did not hide anything from He Yanxiu and told him the truth about her encounter with Hua Jiang today and the induction of labor for Wang.

He even did not hide the fact that he had received 100 taels of medical fee and a box of pearls.

"It happened suddenly, so I didn't think too much about other things..."

"Curing illnesses and saving lives is a good deed, and it's a good thing." He Yanxiu nodded, "But next time if someone gives you a hard time, you can just bring up my identity."

Su Yujin, "..."

Do you really think she doesn't want to?

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It's just that my identity is embarrassing. If I tell others about it, they will not feel ashamed but proud of it, which will only cause more trouble.

Furthermore, Su Yujin always felt that the reason why He Yanxiu was polite and generous to her was, firstly, because she was able to cure his illness, and secondly, because she did her job conscientiously and never caused him any more trouble.

So, using He Yanxiu's name...

"If you are worried about your identity, you might as well say that you are my relative." He Yan added.

Su Yujin tilted her head, "What relative?"

"Just... second cousin."

Su Yujin, "..."

As expected, the Second Master knew it!

Su Yujin's face was full of awkward and fawning smiles. "Second Master is so young, calling him second cousin seems a bit old-fashioned. It would be more appropriate to call him second cousin."

You know that too?

The corner of He Yanxiu's mouth twitched. "Let's go with my second cousin. He seems more mature and stable."

Su Yujin, "..."

I have never been speechless so many times in my life.

"Since Second Master likes this title, then I'll do as you say." Su Yujin responded with a smile.

He Yanxiu, "..."

It’s...pretty good!

Ai Cao and Qing Kui brought freshly cooked hot dry noodles and steamed buns, as well as some side dishes such as cold braised pork, stir-fried celery and lily, stir-fried mutton offal, and spinach in soup.

The hot dry noodles are made using Su Yujin's method, with additional kimchi radish cubes, pickled sour beans, shallots, fried peanuts, etc., plenty of aged vinegar, and the sesame paste is seasoned just right. The noodles are rolled from mugwort and alkaline water noodles, and are extremely fragrant and chewy when you take a bite.

Pocket buns are hollow sesame cakes made of steamed dough. The long sesame cake is cut in half to form a pocket shape, stuffed with cold dishes made of egg shreds, potato shreds, carrot shreds, and kelp shreds. They taste full of flour flavor, and the vegetables inside are crisp and delicious. They are paired with hot dry noodles full of sesame paste...

So wonderful!

He Yanxiu: I suddenly don’t want to talk

Su Yujin: You chose it yourself, don't blame me 　　Candy-eating crowd: Tsk tsk tsk 　　Author: There are so few monthly tickets, I am worried

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